Confidence in the development of the tropical wave in the eastern Caribbean has decreased, with recent model runs showing little to no significant development, though the situation could still change later in the week as environmental conditions become more favorable.
It’s a calm morning across Alabama with varying cloud cover, a few showers in the northeast, and temperatures approaching 80°F, while the day promises to be hotter than expected due to fewer storms, with potential tropical developments being closely monitored.
Labor Day weekend brings scattered showers and storms, with the potential for a tropical system to influence our weather by the early part of week two.
Pulse thunderstorms have been actively equalizing instability across Alabama, with some causing wind damage, particularly in Cherokee County near Cedar Bluff, while the strongest storms now focus on northern Coosa County, prompting a severe thunderstorm warning for Talladega, Clay, and Coosa counties.
At 419 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Parkdale, or near Stewartville, moving north at 10 mph.
Cherokee County EMA is reporting trees down on several homes in the Cedar Bluff community at the dead end of Sewell Ferry Rd. Power lines are down.
Things are looking pretty good for most state school games today, if we get current storms out of Tuscaloosa. Troy could have an issue and so could Samford in Carrollton. South Alabama looks like they could be the wettest later.
High CAPE values and minimal shear have fueled widespread pulse thunderstorms across the area, leading to downed trees and ongoing severe weather, with the strongest storms currently located in Morgan, Winston, Cullman, St. Clair, and Cherokee counties.
At 214 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles southwest of Morgan City, or 13 miles east of Hartselle, moving southwest at 10 mph.
Please be weather aware with all these storms cropping up this afternoon!
Storms are firing once again across northern and central Alabama.
It’s already the noon hour, and we are already seeing scattered storms popping up over the northern half of the area.
A lot of folks may be heading to the beaches this holiday weekend! The NWS Mobile has placed the AL and Western Florida Panhandle beaches under a high rip current risk.
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